The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-21

that the fears might not BIZ
wholly groundless, it was deemed
1 proper to send defendant copy of thE
petition that it might have an oppor.
tunity for explaining, and also for Civ
ing assurances as to the future, If in
clined to do so. To the petition the
defendant company answered, excus-
ing its failure to furnish cars during
the time specified by complainant,
and averring that the company had
now procured an additional number OF
cars, so that it was believed there
would hereafter be no difficulty in
handling its business promptly and
without delay. The complainants did
not appear at the subsequent hearing,
and the case was therefore dismissed.
OPIUM SMUG9LERS CAUTIONED.
Assistant Secretary Maynard has ad-
dressed circular letter to custom Off
GERS along the Northern frontier say
ing that the Department is informed
that large quantities of opium shipped
from Victoria, b. c., by way of the
Canadian Pacific road are being SNUG
gled into the United States over the
Northern frontier and urging great
vigilance in the examination of mer-
chandise from Victoria with aHiew to
detection and seizure of opium which
they may contain.
BLACK1IAILED BY RAILROADS.
1t is stated at the General Land
Office that many complaints have been
received charging certain land grant
railroad companies with presenting
settlers who have been awarded pat
ents for land held by the Department
and courts to have been excepted from
the grants by prior claims or reserva-
tions. David IL. Brown. of San Ber-
nardino County, Gala, who states that
his own case is somewhat similar to
that of many others, and whose home
stead entry was patented in accordance
with the court decision with Newhall
VS.. Savage, says he has been sued in
the United States Circuit Court by the
Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, which offers to compromise
with him for 81 800. Brown says the
company relies upon railroad judges in
California, and that the expense of
suits ale 80 heavy that the settlers can
not afford to go the Supreme Court of
the United States. Commissioner
Sparks has advised Brown that the law
In this case is thoroughly well settled
by repeated decisions of the highest
judicial tribunal, and that suits by rail-
road companies brought for the pur-
pose of extorting a compromise and
securing payment for land which the
or lawful claim to are in his judg-
ment in the nature of blackmail or
malicious prosecutions for which Grim
inal action will probably be brought
against agents of the company, and he
advised that settlers consult competent
counsel and avail themselves of all the
remedy the law affords. In the event
that the case goes to the Supreme
Court the Commissioner states he will
u kI,n n4w rs
the Attorney General to intercede in
behalf of the United States.
INCLINED To BE LENIENT.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-Nearly all
the rate sheets printed by the rail-
roads are in smaller type than the
Interstate Law permits, but they
seem to serve every purpose for which
they were designed. A firm of printers
in Cincinnati which does a large
amount of this character of
printing has written to the
Commission to see il a change is
necessary. 1t says the sheets represent
material worth thousands of dollars
which would be of no use if a change
is ordered. The Commission through
the Chairman has replied that it has no
power to vary the terms of the act,
though when the purposes Of the law
seem to be accomplished by the rate
sheet as printed and no one complains
the Commission might not feel in
clined to interfere on its own motion.
CONTINUING THE EXAMINATION.
Assistant Secretary Thompson has
directed the Assistant Treasurer of
the United States, who has accounts
with Messrs. Bartlett and Hobbs, dis
bursting officers of the Treasury to state
the condition of those accounts at the
close of business ON Friday last. The
examination of the accounts of these
officers will not be complete before the
end of the week. The examination of
the disbursing officers of the Second
Auditors Office have been virtually
completed, and though no formal re-
port has as yet been made, the Secre-
rotary has been informed that the re-
suit was entirely satisfactory.
SPARKS RECOMMENDATION CONCUR
RED IN.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-The Sec
rotary of Interior has concurred in the
recommendation of the Commissioner
of the General Land Office of May 10
last, that a Commission be appointed
to make a thorough and exhaustive in
vestigation of the condition of the
Willimette Valley and Cascade Noun
tain wagon road, the Dallis Military
wagon road in the state of Oregon,
especially as to whether said roads
have been constructed, and whether or
not the certifcation of the Government
of the completion of said
roads was obtained by false and
fraudulent representations made by
parties interested in obtaining said
lands. The Secretary has appointed
John B. McNamee, of Cleveland, Ohio,
now of the Assistant Attorney Gen
erals office, to represent the
Department on the Commits
sion, and will soon appoint two others
to represent the General Land Office.
On the recommendation of the Com
mission the investigation will be COM
menced early in August. Complaint
has been made to the General Land
Office that neither of these roads have
been completed according to law, al
though their completion has been duly
certified to by the Governor of Oregon.
These grants to these roads aggregate
about 800, 900 acres.
BARTLETT APPEALS.
Lester A. Bartlett, by his attorney,
has filed with the Secretary of the In
terror an appeal from the adverse de-
cision of the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office in the matter of Bart
let's application to enter with the
Gerard strip certain lands on the Chi
cago lake front.
AN ANALYSIS WANTED.
The Commissioner of Agriculture ha:
sent a circular letter to all Secretaries
of State Boards of Agriculture, direc
tors of Agricultural Experimental Sta
lions and other persons officially
charged with the collection of sample
and commercial fertilizers for analy
sis advising them of the fourth an
nual convention of the Association o
Official Agricultural Chemists which
will meet in Washington ON the 16tl
proximo.
THE GARCIA INVESTIGATION.
The Mexican Minister, Mr.. Romero
has caused an investigation to be mad
of the statement published about
| month ago in the shape of a Telegram
from Tuscon, Ariz., to the effect tina